(Exclusive) Beja: Businessman want to recover Quarter Tower Air Force.
Bejense a businessman want to recover Quarter Tower Air Force (DOES), for rent. The investment would exceed 1,8 million. The FA has not yet responded to the entrepreneur.
Philip Cameirinha, the hospitality sector of the entrepreneur, agriculture and wine, It wants to recover the building known as the "Tower" Barrio Air Force (FAP), in Beja, to create apartments for short term rental, which would invest over 1,8 million.
Negotiations with the Air Force began in early 2018, the businessman met, at least three times, with the military, He made a proposal, We come to visit the facilities to Colonel Fernando Costa, commander of Air Base 11, unit managing the neighborhood, and so far received no reply from the General Staff of the Air Force.
"At first they found the beautiful thing, but as they realized they had legs to walk, it began to lose heart ", justified to Lidador News (LN), Philip Cameirinha, adding that "unofficially has been told that the business is not viable, because you may need the facilities, given the changes brought by the possible construction of the new Lisbon airport, Montijo in the Base ", ends.
Before contacting the FAP, businessman contacted the Municipality of Beja who received the approval for the project and which served as the intermediary between the two parties, and also made aware of the facts to the Polytechnic Institute of Beja.
"The idea was to make a lease for 30/40 year old, by paying a monthly rent to the Air Force, The recovery of the building would be done gradually, because it is in very bad condition and represent an ever lower investment 1,8 million euros ", Philip justifies Cameirinha.
The young Bejense, grandson of one of the iconic business city, Leonel Cameirinha, It stresses that the solution solve many problems: "The bad aspect of the building gives the city, the lack of FAP funds to recover and created lower rentals, according to the reality of the region pay. We were all to win ", concludes.
The Cameirinha family owns one of Beja hotels and Philip explains that "we have daily unit busy with attached Spanish companies to olive growing, also companies operating in the Civil Terminal ", adding that leaving more options for the Hospital and the Polytechnic "fix their professionals through short alugares, the most affordable prices ", finished.
To better depict the positioning of the Air Force, and annoyed businessman uses the metaphor of love: "They do not do, or fail to. Just to break even ", concludes.
The LN contacted the Public Relations Office of the Air Force to see if the negotiations were completed or not, if there was a decision on the matter and if it had been communicated to the entrepreneur, Lt. Col. Manuel Costa explained that: "The Air Force reports that there were contacts between the parties, and there is no development ", remataram.
Recently the president of Beja Chamber was received by João Cravinho, Ministry of Defense, about the same situation and the response was that "need of housing for the military", Paul justified Arsenic.
On 16 of December, LN brought to the press that in the neighborhood of Air Force existed over 200 vague apartments, including the building that the entrepreneur intends to recover.
The "Tower" is a building with 10 floors, a total of 60 abandoned apartments, some in the top of the building serve as dorm pigeon, that until half a dozen years worked as the Transit Accommodation Officers, taking late 2011 been visited, on at least two occasions, by South Korea military, when it is studying the installation in BA11, an advanced training school for fighter aircraft pilots, including 25 T-50 Golden Eagle fighter.
The residential neighborhood was built 50 years with the arrival of the investigative units of the German Air Force (German airforce) and has a total of 330 housing. This is a residential area made up of streets, parking lots, green area and various social support facilities. Starting from 1993 and the output of German Beja, the neighborhood came into the possession of the FAP and is under the direct administration of the Headquarters Air Base (BA) 11, through the so-called Unit Support Group.
Residents of the district military pay for an apartment T3, between 40 and 50 euros / month, having to leave the apartments after spending the situation of Reserve or definitively left the Air Force.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
